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Computer ScientistClass of 20233.8+1500+/34+stem
computer science, economics, mathematics Applicant
non binary · vietnamese · northeast · semi-competitive charter school
Income: upper middle class
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.9 (UW)
SAT
1540
Class Rank
3/72
AP Courses
6
IB Courses
6
Extracurricular Activities
- piano12 years, won some small competitions, taught over the summer
- bandforced my way into it as a piano accompaniment
- varsity crew
- self taught coder
- quizbowl captainour quizbowl team was not good
- internshipover the summer in 2022
- independent research projecton computer science over the summer in 2021
- literary magazine editor in chiefonly for junior year due to lack of interest senior year
- discord moderatororganized an unofficial school server for my grade, compiled study materials, ran study sessions
- volunteeringsome volunteering activity (not year round)
Awards & Honors
- ★national merit scholarship qualifier
- ★some book award
- ★national latin exam
- ★piano competitions
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
focused on being a queer person in STEM and my love of computer science
Interview Experiences
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Performance/Outcome: cool guy, a little awkward, pleasant conversation
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: kinda scary guy, conversation felt more natural towards the end
Letters of Recommendation
history teacher
my junior year teacher, close relationship, did very well in his class, rated 8/10
math teacher
had him in 8th, 10th, and 11th grades, familiar with my interest in math, rated 9/10
crew coach
let me read the recommendation, very nice words with specific details, rated 10/10
College Decisions
Accepted (7)
University of Massachusetts, BostonUniversity of Massachusetts, LowellUniversity of Massachusetts, AmherstUniversity of RochesterReed CollegeWorcester Polytechnic InstituteWashington University in St. Louis
Waitlisted (5)
Tufts UniversityHarvey Mudd CollegeUniversity of California, Los AngelesNorthwestern UniversityUniversity of Chicago
Rejected (11)
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCalifornia Institute of TechnologyUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, BerkeleyPrinceton UniversityBrown UniversityYale UniversityColumbia UniversityUniversity of Southern CaliforniaCarnegie Mellon UniversityStanford University
Profile Tags
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